Umm yeah it is, and we just had the last preseason game before the regular season. And it was against a bunch of scrubs.
The guy's not ready, pure and simple. It's obvious that he's going to try and play himself back into shape.
NEVER take it at face value, because he can do a switch up as well as anyone. I don't think that he's causing drama on purpose, but he does have penchant for it simply by speaking the truth. But I haven't seen him play yet and I can't really analyze his shape and game just by looking at his numbers so I can't make a judgement on him yet. Hopefully he fully recovers by mid December, and fortunately, we have the talent and depth to stay the course and more should he have to miss a few games.
Its crazy how most fans ( if they are fans ) are saying that McGrady looks old he is done blah blah blah. If that's the case and yall think that could you imagine how Francis will look or is going to look once he comes back. Mind me he has been out of basketball but not really out for 2 years now. Didn't really do that much with the knicks and was out for most of the season last year. What are you going 2 expect from him once or if he comes back. Im not a hater im pulling for a comeback to and want to see him play but real is real. Aaron Brooks looks like he is coming along. Where will Francis play???
Fortunately he looked alot better in the 2nd half. The best thing about that is it seemed everyone was worried he'd tighten up after resting, but he didn't appear to. But you're right, he's not close to being in the shape he needs to be. Hopefully, he can push hard in practice for the rest of the week before the season starts. It's not like the schedule is tough for the first 10 games anyway.
To me, the start isn't as important as the finish. Last yr, the rox didn't play good defense early but corrected it as the season went along. They will be ok there. I really like what brooks is bringing, landry played well and barry is barry. Tracy will come along as well as yao.The thing about tracy is he's such a smart player that he can contribute greatly until he get his full explosion back. I also see people wanting artest on the bench. Artest makes the game easier for yao and tracy for sure. Who cares how many shots anyone gets as long as they're winning. If yao got only 7 shots, well how many misses were there tonight? As long as there are missed shots, theres chances to get offensive rebounds. They won't blaze out the gate, but this team will be better in february than in october. Landry is really outplaying scola and he has more upside. I don't think coach will start him, but he's applying pressure to scola. Anyone that can't see that just don't have their eyes open.
Is it time to fast track Brooks by starting him over Rafer? In the last 4 games Brooks's averages have been 65%FG 45%3P 4.75AST 2.5TO I know those games were against lottery teams and Brooks had shot sub 40% against the Spurs & Boston. Looking at the Sonics last season their force feeding of Durant paid off by season's end.
I wouldn't by default start brooks over alston. just because he played well in pre-season doesn't mean he is better than alston in distributing the rock. Don't compare us to the sonic, they got no future in last reason and this season, therefore they can afford to play and develop durant. Not to mention, a great way to get more lottery ping pong balls. Brooks ability will get him more PT, how he's going to perform on those PT will determine if he will start over alston. The only thing Brooks needs to work on is his passing skill. he needs to become a better pg. His shooting skills are already better than alston. at least u don't call him skip to my brick.
When was the last time McGrady shot the ball at 50% when he was healthy. it's a good sign that he is nowhere near ready yet and he can shoot the rock at that clip. once he gets into better shape he'll be even better.i saw some better play from tracy in the second half. he was bringing the ball up and moving little bit better. i think people need to understand this was his second game back.14 points on 7-14 shooting 4 steals 6 boards shows how good he is that he can do that in such a bad shape.
hey,hey,calm down,it's just a preseason game.i only care rox win the game until the final champion.don't worry one or two guy's performance
..00000I was'nt knocking there performance. i was just saying he needs to be carefull not to push them too much. but thankfully mcgrady and yao have by all reports recoverd well.
Wow I just watched the Rockets-Kings highlight and Tmac looked SOOOOOO slow and lathargic. And Landry just doesn't seem to have the same type of lift like last year pre-injury. I bet you anything that his knee still isn't 100%, like Tmac. Not to mention Shane is going to be out for a few weeks too.
Seriously, T-Mac seems like he would rather be a janitor at McDonalds than play basketball. Man, he's my favorite basketball player, but talk about lack of emotion? It was mentioned in one of the articles I just read from this board too, the one about the Rockets going all the way or the Rockets most likely imploding, I forget which one exactly. The article mentioned that T-Mac's lack of emotion makes it hard for his teammates to approach him - they don't know how to. I never thought about it like that but it makes sense. I noticed that he would just turn around and walk back to the other side of the court if someone turns the ball over. He does it in slow motion, too. He really looks depressed T-Mac, please start cussing everyone out, but in a good way. Stephen A. Smith: "I would give anything to see Tracy McGrady in the NBA finals."
I dont know what in the world you were watching regarding to landry. i thought his lift was there. there was a couple of times he went high and strong to finish and 1. no way he looked bad. Even mcgrady started looking better in the second half compared to the first. you cant allways look at the glass half empty. lanry's kneee looks like it's healing just fine. and tmac within a month or so will be better.
Shape is not a problem. I mean you just go out there, play 3, 4 games and you jumpshot will come soon. He just needs to start feeling the rim. It is not the first time in his carrer. Most of players are not in their best shapes after offseason because you just don't play the game.
Thats true because in the first half he was trying some moves and you could see he was hesitant about over extending his knee. but in the seascond half he tried a couple of moves and they looked better.
You know, one more thing to add from me. I remember 1st, even 2nd preseason game. Remember how Yao played? He was SLOW as hell, he couldn't get up and down well, he couldn't run in transition defense. Some of you even said he wasn't 100% yet. And what is now? Yao's game has changed a lot. He still isn't in his best shape, but he has got better a lot. He doesn't have that difficulty to make those jump hooks etc. This it what is called game shape. So don't expect Tracy to be quick, or don't expect him to get his explosion back after playing just 2 games (in the first he only played 12 minutes) Give him 4, 5 games and he will be back to normal.
